Tweeked the recipe a little based on previous reviews. I didn't have any pancake mix so I used a recipe from this website for the mix and made the following changes-Melted the butter in the pie pan while the oven was preheating, used double the apples & diced them, marbled maple syrup into the batter, sprinkled 3-4 T. brown sugar over the melted butter (like pineapple upside down cake) and cooked it around 20 minutes. It wasn't dry or too sweet. My husband said this is a keeper!

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My boys inhaled this. I made it exactly as the recipe stated and it was great with no additions. I think next time I will make one without the nuts and add some additional fruit as well. My oldest son suggested blueberries

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A delicious fall breakfast for my family! A 9" pie plate wasn't enough to feed 5 hungry tummys in my house, so I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 13"x9" greased baking dish. I placed the sliced peeled apples (3) on the bottom of the baking dish, and then brushed them with melted butter. Then instead of using maple syrup, I generously sprinkled brown sugar and cinnamon on them. Last I added the pancake mixture on top of that. So easy! I have even made this recipe the night before and just reheated it for a nice quick breakfast in the morning. I will be making this recipe for years to come!

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I'd probably give this 2.5 starts because it was very average. It was something like you might eat in a school cafeteria. However, I think it may have potential as a base recipe that you could play with to make it more flavorful and improve the texture.

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This turned out great!!!!!! I had to use canned peaches instead of apples as I am currently living in japan and the apples are $2.50 each!! I also added brown sugar to the bottom of the pie plate and then put the sliced peaches on top of that, then the syrup, and finally the pancake mix! I covered the pan with tin foil and then put it in the toaster oven for 15 minutes ( no ovens over here!!!!) and it came out moist and full of flavor!! A wonderful weekend breakfast for my family!!!!